PRO 22:25 Parallel Verse View

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22:25 Variant note: ארחת/ו: (x-qere) ’אֹֽרְחֹתָ֑י/ו’: lemma_734 n_1 morph_HNcbpc/Sp3ms id_202eu אֹֽרְחֹתָ֑י/ו

Key: yellow:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

UST If you do so, then you will act like them,
⇔ and you will endanger yourself like an animal caught in a trap.

BSB or you may learn his ways
⇔ and entangle yourself in a snare.

OEB in case you learn his ways.
⇔ and get yourself ensnared.

WEB lest you learn his ways
⇔ and ensnare your soul.

NET lest you learn his ways
 ⇔ and entangle yourself in a snare.

LSV Lest you learn his paths,
And have received a snare to your soul.

FBV in case you learn to be like them and make a mess of your life.[fn]

22:25 Literally, “get yourself caught in a trap.”

T4T because you might start to act like they do
⇔ and not be able to stop doing that.

LEB • and become entangled in a snare to yourself.[fn]

?:? Or “soul,” or “inner self”

BBE For fear of learning his ways and making a net ready for your soul.

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JPS Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

ASV Lest thou learn his ways,
 ⇔ And get a snare to thy soul.

DRA Lest perhaps thou learn his ways, and take scandal to thy soul.

YLT Lest thou learn his paths, And have received a snare to thy soul.

DBY lest thou learn his paths, and get a snare to thy soul.

RV Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

WBS Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.

KJB Lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
(Lest thou/you learn his ways, and get a snare to thy/your soul. )

BB Lest thou learne his wayes, and receaue hurt to thy soule.
(Lest thou/you learn his ways, and receive hurt to thy/your soule.)

GNV Least thou learne his wayes, and receiue destruction to thy soule.
(Least thou/you learn his ways, and receive destruction to thy/your soule. )

CB lest thou lerne his wayes, and receaue hurte vnto thy soule.
(lest thou/you learn his ways, and receive hurt unto thy/your soule.)

WYC lest perauenture thou lerne hise weies, and take sclaundir to thi soule.
(lest perauenture thou/you learn his ways, and take sclaundir to thy/your soule.)

LUT du möchtest seinen Weg lernen und deiner SeeLE Ärgernis empfahen.
(du möchtest his path lernen and deiner SeeLE Ärgernis empfahen.)

CLV ne forte discas semitas ejus, et sumas scandalum animæ tuæ.
(ne forte discas path his, and sumas scandalum animæ tuæ. )

BRN lest thou learn of his ways, and get snares to thy soul.

BrLXX μήποτε μάθῃς τῶν ὁδῶν αὐτοῦ, καὶ λάβῃς βρόχους τῇ σῇ ψυχῇ.
(maʸpote mathaʸs tōn hodōn autou, kai labaʸs broⱪous taʸ saʸ psuⱪaʸ. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

פֶּן

lest

Here, lest indicates that this verse continues the sentence that began in the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this a new sentence. Alternate translation: “Do not do that, lest”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

תֶּאֱלַ֥ף אֹֽרְחֹתָ֑יו

learn (Some words not found in UHB: lest learn ways,his and,entangle snare to,self_of,you )

Here, the writer speaks of someone behaving like someone else as if that person learns the paths which the other person walks on. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly. See how you translated the same use of paths in 2:15. Alternate translation: “you behave like him”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠לָקַחְתָּ֖ מוֹקֵ֣שׁ לְ⁠נַפְשֶֽׁ⁠ךָ

and,entangle snare to,self_of,you

Here, the writer speaks of a person causing his life to be in danger as if that person were an animal that gets caught in a snare. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the meaning plainly or use a simile. Alternate translation: “and you will put your life in danger” or “and you will be like an animal that gets caught in a snare and cannot escape”

Parallel PRO 22:25